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Young girls are using anti-aging products they see on social media. The harm is more than skin deep

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — When she was in fifth grade, Scarlett Goddard Strahan started to worry about getting wrinkles.By the time she turned 10,...

Brazil blocks Musk’s X after company refuses to name local representative amid feud with judge

SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil started blocking Elon Musk’s social media platform X early Saturday, making it largely inaccessible on both the web and...

Trump courts conservative male influencers to try to reach younger men

WASHINGTON (AP) — At first glance, there's little that a 78-year-old former president and a 23-year-old internet personality might have in common.Donald Trump admitted...

More Hong Kongers tune out the news as they adapt to Beijing’s tightening grip

HONG KONG (AP) — Hannah Wong cried when the Hong Kong government effectively forced Apple Daily and Stand News out of business three years...

Artisan urges Seven&i for takeover bid update by Sept 19

By Rocky Swift and Kevin BucklandTOKYO (Reuters) - U.S. fund Artisan Partners Asset Management ramped up pressure on Japan's Seven and i holdings, calling...

Artisan urges Seven&i for takeover bid update by Sept 19

By Rocky Swift and Kevin BucklandTOKYO (Reuters) - U.S. fund Artisan Partners Asset Management ramped up pressure on Japan's Seven and i holdings, calling...

China Factory Activity Extends Slide as Headwinds Mount

(Bloomberg) -- China’s factory activity contracted for a fourth straight month in August, the latest sign the world’s No. 2 economy may struggle to...

China’s Troubled Solar Industry May Be Nearing a Turning Point

(Bloomberg) -- China’s solar manufacturers have just been through a bloodbath of an earnings season, but there are tentative signs the massive glut that’s...

Venezuela Slowly Powers Up After Claiming ‘Sabotage’ of Grid

(Bloomberg) -- Venezuela’s electric supply is being reestablished after a 12-hour blackout that hit all the nation’s 24 states early on Friday, President Nicolás...

Ship targeted by 2 suspected missiles from Yemen’s Houthi rebels in Gulf of Aden as oil tanker burns

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Two missiles suspected to have been fired by Yemen's Houthi rebels targeted a ship in the Gulf of...

China’s weak factory PMI raises pressure for consumer stimulus

By Joe CashBEIJING (Reuters) -China's manufacturing activity sank to a six-month low in August as factory gate prices tumbled and owners struggled for orders,...

Major power outage hits Venezuela’s capital, with Maduro government blaming ‘sabotage’

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelans spent most of Friday in the dark as a major outage knocked out power in the capital, Caracas, and...

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